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Artist book (mass produced)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:

If Walls Could Speak/Si las Paredes Hablaran / Munoz, Celia Alvarez., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-06181-6295
Scope and Contents

It is mentioned on page 31 that the artist's works are held by the Sackner Collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Index to the Encyclopedia / McCarney, Scott., 1994

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Identifier: CC-06792-6911
Scope and Contents

This book served as an index to a related sculptural work created for the library of the University of South Maine. It was based on the index of Encyclopedia Americana 1960, volume 30. The pages were made using digital imaging to scan the index which was integrated with images of figures and hands. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Instan / Vicuna, Cecilia., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40977-42956
Scope and Contents

Cecilia Vicuna is an activist artist who does installations from thread and weavings. This diarist book was done between 1995 and 2000 during travels to the United States and South America. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Itself / Godard, Keith., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-29915-31304
Scope and Contents

The story deals with a shape denoted by dye-cut perforations on each page that varies in form and size, e.g., circle, lozange, rectangle, etc. The minimal text describes the changes in shape, number, and size. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Je t'aime: A Pillow Talk / Topor, Roland ; Michael Knight, translator., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32610-34191
Scope and Contents

This book consists of an amusing listing of phrases that might be spoken during sexual intercourse accompanied by surrealistic erotic images. First published in Paris in French in 1998 by Editions Hoebeke. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Ketty La Rocca, 1975

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Identifier: CC-37422-39275
Scope and Contents

The photographic portion of this book is reprinted from a book first published by Centro DI in Florence, Italy in 1971. The translucent paper, printed pages inserts with writing and abstract markings are new to this edition. The photographs depict realistic intertwined hands and arms from single or multiple subjects usually captioned in Italian and English with a brief phase or poem. There are two translucent paper overlays tracing each one of the photographic images. The top one traces the outlines of the photograph with line and calligraphic text and the bottom one with shading and calligraphic text. Ketty La Rocca was born in 1938 and died in 1976, one year after the book was published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Ketty La Rocca, 1975

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Identifier: CC-37421-39274
Scope and Contents

The photographic portion of this book is reprinted from a book first published by Centro DI in Florence, Italy in 1971. The translucent paper, printed pages inserts with writing and abstract markings are new to this edition. The photographs depict realistic intertwined hands and arms from single or multiple subjects usually captioned in Italian and English with a brief phase or poem. There are two translucent paper overlays tracing each one of the photographic images. The top one traces the outlines of the photograph with line and calligraphic text and the bottom one with shading and calligraphic text. Ketty La Rocca was born in 1938 and died in 1976, one year after the book was published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

L'Amiral des Mots 2nd Edition, 2001

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Identifier: CC-50253-71320
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a book that was first illustrated by Monaco. It is stored with the Berman publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

L'Amiral des Mots / Aroneanu, Pierre ; Monaco, Gerard., 1989

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Identifier: CC-50099-71160
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition of a book illustrated by Monaco that was subsequently illustrated by Laurent Berman in its revised edition. It is stored with the Berman publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Le Cadran Scolaire / Broodthaers, Marcel., 1989

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Identifier: CC-23086-23523
Scope and Contents

First published by Edition Des Amateurs in 1974. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Les Adventures de Pinpin: Clom en Stock, 2008

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Identifier: CC-49255-70297
Scope and Contents

The drawing added to this book depicts a red rabbit reading a book with hieroglyphics in the speech bubble. The comic strip format consists of colored photographs with and without speech bubbles documenting Hubaut's monochrome performance events. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Les Archeologie Pessinoise, 1993

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Identifier: CC-28677-29978
Scope and Contents

Pessin has defined his personal, imagined, "Archeologie Pessinoise," with a presentation of an abstract, hieroglyphic language, handwritten descriptions in French, artifacts, coins, photographs, signs, animals, and maps at the site of Des Charbinieres a Saint-Laurent-du-Pont. Several of Pessin's works were exhibited in Musee D'Art Naif Max Fourney Paris, that the Sackners visited in 1997 when they purchased this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993